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A concise illustration of the term “Dog Bites Man” may be seen in a recent item in the New York Times by Timothy Egan. I know, big surprise. Egan proclaims the obvious with his post on how the ten cities with the highest rate of graduates are likely to “go Democratic.”

These are vibrant, prosperous places where a knowledge economy and cool things to do after hours attract people from all over the country. Among the top 10, only two of those metro areas — Raleigh, N.C., and Lexington, Ky. — voted Republican in the 2004 presidential election. This year, all 10 are likely to go Democratic. What’s more, with Colorado, New Hampshire and Virginia now trending blue, Republicans stand to lose the nation’s 10 best-educated states as well.

And yer point, city boy?

It would be easy to say these places are not the real America, in the peculiar us-and-them parlance of Sarah Palin. It’s easy to say because Republicans have been insinuating for years now that some of the brightest, most productive communities in the United States are fake American — a tactic that dates to Newt Gingrich’s reign in the capitol.

It is easy to say because *cough* it is true. No, we haven’t been insinuating this for years now… We’ve been flat out declaring it with authority — and it predates Newt Gingrich. Ever heard of a guy named Ronald Wilson Reagan? How about Theodore Roosevelt? See, we believe in this Shining City upon a Hill. We are proud of and will defend America. The “fake” we decry are those — mostly to be found in academia — who want us to surrender our sovereignty to the world community. You know, Big Stick Diplomacy. You hurt us, We hammer you.

Riddle me this: Where are you most likely to see a t-shirt or hat announcing, “These colors NEVER run!” On a nerdy psychology geek searching for his id or on a good ole boy driving a pickup?

Whaddya mean, what colors?

Ronald Reagan was lashed by liberals for running a “Morning in America” campaign, but he knew this country, at heart, was always tomorrow-looking — and he fared very well in educated cities as well as small towns. “Whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone,” said Reagan, “I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears.” Barack Obama, who brings that music to the stage, leads by 30 points on the “hope and optimism” question in polls.

Oh, No You Didn’t. You lose all credibility when you try to say that the forward looking Ronald Reagan has anything in common with the Marxist “Take me back to Lenin” Barack Obama.

Reagan KNEW America was great, in fact, too great for small dreams, and he KNEW that smaller government, lower taxes, a strong defense, and PRIDE in the fact that we are the vanguard of Liberty in the world is what defines us as Americans. Reagan believed in a tomorrow where Americans spread economic opportunity through production of wealth. Reagan believed in an America that lead the fight against tyranny by being strong and active and by confronting the Evil Empire and their oppressive allies. Reagan believed in the individual Liberty of Americans as citizens of this Republic, free from the oppression of the masses to worship as we please and speak as we please.

Obama scorns America’s greatness by showing his shame of the Flag and calling the core of our citizenry “bitter” for being steadfast in their Liberty. Obama, as his wife stated, thinks America is “mean” and finds it hard to be proud of this nation. Obama believes in a tomorrow where he can take the hard earned wealth and “spread” it around to those HE thinks are worthy, not by the fruits of their work, but by His definition of entitlement. Obama stated he wants to reduce our military in both numbers and development to levels that will leave us vulnerable to the emerging threats of the new century. Obama has worked to remove the Liberty that Americans have died to attain and as spelled out in the First and Second Amendments. Obama sees Americans as subjects of the State and “international will.”

Egan either does not understand, or deliberately misstates, how “real” Americans feel about Academia, which is the true target of our scorn. This is where Egan goes astray, by ascribing to metropolitan areas the values of those leftist twinkies at the liberal indoctrination combines that are our universities. Pacifist weenies espousing the useful idiocy of the Marxists to the young impressionable mass of students create enclaves Egan calls “best educated” where the penetration of their leftist agenda results in a critical mass of left leaning voters.

We do not hold the REAL Americans living in those cities in disdain — we hold the elitist Liberals who inhabit the pacifist halls of the higher education system with contempt. You over educated, tree hugging, terrorist loving academics who have never spent a minute out of the protection of the welfare state are the ones we despise. That you have taken over various enclaves to incubate new assaults upon the economic market and political structure is no strike on those particular places, but upon you.

Do try to see the difference, ok?

Oh, and get a REAL job!

And a hair cut.

Hippie.